I think for the next expansion (or maybe this expansion's big announcement) they should give us a Day/Night Cycle with dynamic environmental effects.

Some classes could see better (Paladins, Priests, Rogues, Druids in Cat form) passively, while others would utilize lanterns to see and help. You could have NPC's that are nocturnal (animals, people, pets and such) that come out and appear at night. While the ones that are out during the day go towards camps, caves, villages and other areas like that.

I'd love to see the world change between day and night and have the geography and landscape utilized.

They actually kinda played with something like that during the alpha.
You need to carry a torch at night or your visible range of enemies was lowered if i recalled.

As for the night cycle, it got removed turning wotlk I think, Northrend kinda has the same lighting issue. IT was removed because players only able to play at night complained that it strained their eyes. There was a very old blue post about it, but i wouldn't even begin to know how to search for it. Glad to see it might come back though, I've missed it ever since.

Ya, it bugs me too. You have to look up to the sky to tell it's "nighttime" in that game but what do you expect from a game that always feels the need to dumbs everything down to the level of the dumbest players (and god knows that's pretty dumb).

All the atmosphere has been drained from the night. There is very little distinction between night and day now.

The following screenshots are from someone who managed to tweak the lighting effects that already exist in the game:http://imgur.com/a/XH1gS#18
Personally I think these are too dark and although they have a lot of atmosphere I think it would actually make playing difficult... but there is a balance between these screenshots and what we have now that could "bring back the night" and the atmosphere without making the game unplayable at those late hours.

Slightly off topic but I also preferred the old weather (especially rain storms) that we used to have.

The following screenshots are from someone who managed to tweak the lighting effects that already exist in the game:http://imgur.com/a/XH1gS#18
Personally I think these are too dark and although they have a lot of atmosphere I think it would actually make playing difficult... but there is a balance between these screenshots and what we have now that could "bring back the night" and the atmosphere without making the game unplayable at those late hours.

Slightly off topic but I also preferred the old weather (especially rain storms) that we used to have.

I'd love to play with it that dark. Maybe slightly lighter. but it definitely makes the world feel scarier and the cities feel cozier.

The post that Blizzard banned me for:

2014-11-28 19:55:26 [Trade - City] Potassiumgluconate: female dwarf butts are the best thing that this expansion has given us.

It was awesome the time when it was truly dark. Also if you pulled an allnighter.... you suddenly saw that it was getting morning - the light was right, the birds were tjirping.

Now if they could also add weather effects that had an effect on your character aswell... Like strong winds making your flying mount slower if you are flying against the wind... or faster if you fly with the wind... Shouldn't be that noticable much... just a few % like 20% or something. So you do "feel" it.

Mudpools... from the rain. And snow that would actually lay there for atleast 10/15 after it stopped snowing.

All the atmosphere has been drained from the night. There is very little distinction between night and day now.

The following screenshots are from someone who managed to tweak the lighting effects that already exist in the game:http://imgur.com/a/XH1gS#18
Personally I think these are too dark and although they have a lot of atmosphere I think it would actually make playing difficult... but there is a balance between these screenshots and what we have now that could "bring back the night" and the atmosphere without making the game unplayable at those late hours.

Slightly off topic but I also preferred the old weather (especially rain storms) that we used to have.

Nice post that. It sounds like it's coming back. I always knew something was missing. That whole nocturnal feel when playing Wow was really amazing. Especially in old Barrens, shame we can't see that any more but we have no choice. I far preferred Azeroth before the Shattering.

Flying around in durotar atm, the sky is dark and the stars are out, but it is bright as day right now in the game. Would be nice if this game had a day night cycle, id sacrifice the artificial 24 hour day/day cycle for a 2,3 or 4 hour cycle with a real night right now. It would be more immersive than 24 daylight.

Well Azeroth has two moons, so it should never get really dark tbh... unless they are perfectly aligned for eclipse.....